WABY
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| Facility ID | 72620 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 43°4′24″N 73°48′7″W / 43.07333°N 73.80194°W |
| Translator(s) | 93.9 W230DK (Albany) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 939waby.com |
WABY (900
By day, WABY transmits 400
.History
The station went on the air under
Ernie Anastos sold his Albany-area stations—WUAM and its translator, WABY, WQAR, and WVKZ—to Empire Broadcasting Corporation in June 2012 at a purchase price of $1.2 million.[5] The transaction was consummated on September 7, 2012.
On May 27, 2014, WUAM changed its format to adult standards, branded as "Moon Radio". The station became WABY on July 3, 2014;[6] the call sign was previously used by sister station WAIX, and before then on what are now WAMC and WYKV.[7] On March 12, 2018, the adult standards format was dropped when Empire Broadcasting transferred its "The X" adult album alternative format from WAIX to WABY.[8]
On May 15, 2018, WABY and its sister AM stations went silent (off the air). The stations' owner noted that, although the sale of an FM sister station cleared all of the stations' debts, the stations were still operating at a loss and that until a freeze on FM translator awards was lifted, the stations could not be sustained.[9]
The station was acquired by Saratoga Radio LLC on October 1, 2019, and the FCC approved the transaction on December 16, 2019.[10] The station was now simulcast with WSSV (the former WAIX) and was known as "Saratoga's Star Radio".
On December 9, 2020, WABY changed its format from classic hits to a simulcast of classic country-formatted WNYV, branded as "K94.1".[11] As of March 2023, WABY returned to simulcasting WSSV.
On November 16, 2023, at 9:39 p.m., after ending the WSSV simulcast and stunting for several days with simulated construction sounds, WABY launched a 1990s-2000s rock format, branded as "93.9 WABY" (reflecting its FM simulcast on translator 93.9 W230DK).[12]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WABY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WABY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WABY
- ^ "WKAJ (WABY) history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
- The Business Review. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- ^ New Mix in Albany
- ^ Venta, Lance (March 12, 2018). "The Jockey Returns To Albany". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Trio of Albany AMs Go Silent RadioInsight - May 17, 2018
- ^ "Saratoga Radio Acquires WABY". RadioInsight. October 1, 2019.
- ^ K94.1 Brings Classic Country To Albany Radioinsight - December 9, 2020
- ^ WABY Brings 90s-2000s rock to Albany Radioinsight - November 17, 2023